Thursday, January 30, 2014

Man smuggles nearly 40,000 piranhas into the U.S.!!

Apparently there was some guy smuggling all these fish into the U.S. He had this many imported into the country in only one year. This is crazy. I guess you don't have to wonder why there are pockets of these fish showing up all over the country anymore. There have been a couple stories of fisherman pulling these out of waters in the U.S. This is the fresh water equivalent of the lion fish that have been released into the salt water. These fish can wreak havoc on the balance of the ecosystem. I have my doubts that governments will be able to contain problems like this.
Joel Rakower pleaded guilty Wednesday to smuggling nearly 40,000 piranhas into the United States.